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Basic Handstand Press

Sunday, 27 November 2005

Learning the different presses to handstands is one of the best ways to train for an awesome strength-to-weight ratio and absolutely killer core strength and stability.

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1.) Stand with feet together or slightly narrower than shoulder-width.

2.)Bend at the hips and place your hands slightly in front of your feet at a bout shoulder-width apart, fingers spread.

3.)Start leaning forward onto your hands, raising up on your toes, the goal is to get your hips above your shoulders.

4.)As your weight shifts, your feet will begin to raise off the ground, continue to slowly shift your weight until you can statically lift your legs up by extending your hips, to bring your feet, legs and hips above your shoulders.

5.)Even if you can't get the press, working the static lean and trying as hard as you can to press a handstand is excellent core-training.

--Bent Leg Press Video --

--Straight-Arm/Straight-Leg Press Video -- (requires DivX )

Users' Comments

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1. 11-25-2006 21:45

thats really hard to do :upset

Taz

2. 12-14-2006 09:05

thats definately going to take some time to be able to do properly...

pete

3. 01-02-2007 16:46

whoa!!! thats hard :eek

suprmn1366

4. 02-06-2007 10:53

fish2651

5. 03-18-2007 06:42

I heard it can take up to ten years to get a straight-to straight - er, straight...
greetings
period.

period

6. 04-28-2007 08:39

I can't even do step two yet! I need to make my hamstring more cooperative first!

harmsc12

7. 06-10-2007 05:25

im thirteen and I can do them(barely) but have not been training them since I was three. Ive been doin since i was 10 or something.

soccerduud123

8. 06-16-2007 12:24

:-) ;-) :-( :grin

*spydrman09*

9. 06-25-2007 21:25

Lol I can do a hand stand but I can't start of like that guy I have to kinda push off with one leg and hold my slef still working on it I cant hold a hand stand for verylong but i will never give up and reach my goals.

NOS

10. 06-25-2007 21:27

Dude just keep working on it you will get it with in a couple of months.

NOS

11. 08-06-2007 18:15

I can only do it with help from a wall because I can't get the balance yet, but I've only been working on it for a couple of weeks, so I'll keep trying. :-)

jumpnstuff

12. 08-15-2007 15:05

this is frikin hard

sourmooch

13. 09-27-2007 14:10

the wall definitely helps. it takes care of the balance part so that you can focus on the form and the strength part of it

CloudySpike89

14. 10-02-2007 13:49

how in the heck can anyone do that :upset

ottotheman

15. 11-08-2007 07:23

If you didn't grow up in gymnastics (and even if you did), these are amazing videos of the press to handstand. I can only do a handstand leaning against a wall (not pressing to it and not freestanding)... and even that I can only hold for about 45 secs - 1 minute. Is there a way to train the muscles (other than doing this)required for pulling the hips up above the shoulders and extending legs to follow?

domino

16. 02-23-2008 18:46

lol i just started and i can do it

bluechimp44

17. 04-18-2008 06:38

well not really domino, but do some shoulder workouts will help hold you up longer, but as for the balance, i found that the stronger my abs and back get the easier these get. But the biggest thing of all is to stretch like a mother! its all way to easy to tear something doing these, if your stiff and not used to it.

sonofageek007

18. 08-12-2008 09:40